D is for Diet
melissa2025-12-20T23:54:25-08:00A diet should not be a temporary solution or a means to an end. A diet should not severely cut calories or entire food groups. A diet should not be a Band Aid. A
Day 21 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project
melissa2025-12-20T23:29:24-08:00Keep your new year's resolution going strong (without losing any flavor): Vegetable Quinoa Soup
Day 17 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project
melissa2025-12-20T22:48:52-08:00Who know a white soup could be so full of flavor: Curried Cauliflower Soup
If You Stop Thinking Of Exercise As A Way To Lose Weight, You May Actually Enjoy It
melissa2025-12-20T22:03:59-08:00For years, I thought of exercise in terms of calories in and calories out: Eat too much pizza on Saturday night, take an extra spin class. Skip an hourlong run, skip a bagel the next
Day 12 of the 30 Days, 30 Soups Project
melissa2025-12-20T20:32:41-08:00Special for Saturday I offer a rather quick and totally decadent Normandy-Style French Onion Soup to enjoy with family or friends. Yes, do get some exercise to balance it all out.Have a great day!
March Is Nutrition Month
melissa2025-12-20T19:47:30-08:00Looking forward to spring and all of the wonderful produce that it brings, I cannot think of a better month for nutrition month. And to celebrate, we are kicking off the month with...rhubarb? Yes, rhubarb!
The Humble Collard Green
melissa2025-12-20T18:38:34-08:00Today we have a beautiful rain storm here and we are so happy for it. And since the trees still have their winter look, a warm dish for dinner is the plan. A few years
Butterflies in your stomach? Sick to your stomach? I have a gut feeling about this!
melissa2025-12-20T16:06:56-08:00June 2019 Newsletter Re-post I do hope this newsletter finds you well. As I write this first sentence, I realize we often say that we wish each other well or we ask if all is
New Year, New You?
melissa2025-12-20T16:03:32-08:00Happy New Year! Many times, we start the new year by making resolutions for a new and improved version of ourselves – a Melissa 5.0 in my case. But maybe we do not really want
Why intermittent fasting can be a powerful tool for your health
melissa2025-12-20T15:18:55-08:00Intermittent fasting has been trending for quite some time now. Is it simply hype or is there science to back up the grandiose claims of weight loss and improved overall health? Before we get into